{"id":20265,"date":"2023-07-15T20:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/?p=20265"},"modified":"2024-05-31T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:31:03","slug":"paris-plages-2023-is-open-with-swimming-in-the-seine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2023\/07\/paris-plages-2023-is-open-with-swimming-in-the-seine\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Plages 2023 is Open with Swimming in the Seine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posing with Seine Swimmers July 8, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

On July 8, 2023 kayaks and sailboats were gliding on the Seine. About 25 Parisians, including city hall employees, were diving in and swimming between the Pont Sully<\/a> and the Pont Marie bridges. Mayor Anne Hidalgo gave the signal. With this move, she is officially promoting Seine swimming for the Paris Olympics 2024. The Seine will then reopen to the public in 2025. The Seine has been closed to swimming since 1923. Mayor Jacques Chirac optimistically predicted cleaning up the Seine starting in 1988. It has taken three decades to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, walking along the\u00a0Quai de B\u00e9thune (Bras de Marie)\u00a0and below the Quai des C\u00e9lestins, swimmers in bathing suits, caps and goggles gathered next to the dock for the opening day of Paris Plages<\/a> (Paris Beach)\u00a0July 8. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, walked down the ramp on the quai, greeted the swimmers, chatted and sounded the starting alarm. The swimmers dove in and swam toward the Pont Marie bridge and back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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